TVA hits record power demand
The Tennessee Valley Authority supplied more electricity Wednesday morning than at any other point in its history. Related stories:
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January 2024
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MLGW lifts energy conservation alert
MLGW’s president and CEO said his focus is now on the impacts that extended periods of cold weather can have on the area’s water system.
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Power demand nears record as another cold snap is on the way
Mid-morning Tuesday, TVA’s demand hit 31,000 megawatts, inching closer to the 2022 record that warranted the need for mandatory rolling blackouts. But as of Tuesday night, MLGW CEO Doug McGowen said no blackouts are planned.
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MLGW, TVA ask customers to conserve energy
Memphis airport is open, weather across nation affecting flights
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TVA power demand could hit record high by Wednesday, affecting Memphis
The last time MLGW’s power supplier TVA experienced record power demand, Memphis had its first rolling blackouts.
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MLGW, TVA ask customers to conserve energy
MLGW and the TVA are asking customers to voluntarily reduce energy uses immediately to avoid brownouts and blackouts.
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Shelby County sees up to 6 inches of snow
The heaviest snowfall landed just east of Germantown.
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Memphis gears up for coming winter storm
“This is not a time to panic,” said Memphis Light, Gas and Water president and CEO Doug McGowen. “It’s a time to prepare.”
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Sanford: Sanitation workers are pawns in a political tussle – again
A $7 increase for enhanced trash collection stalled in a City Council vote. If the increase isn’t approved, 199 full-time Solid Waste employees will lose their jobs.
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Memphis braces for severe cold
Sleet falling outside the National Weather Service of Memphis office Tuesday afternoon is an indication of the weather expected later this week; a light dusting of snow isn’t out of the question.
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Crashes, transmission issue culprit for Christmas power outages
The holiday’s most extensive outage was caused when part of a high-voltage transmission tower broke, triggering a safety response.
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More than 17,500 MLGW customers were without power on Christmas
Unlike last year, when more than half the service area lost power during an ice storm, these outages were mostly isolated in the southeastern parts of Shelby County on an unseasonably warm holiday weekend.
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December 2023
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A look back at the major decisions by this term’s City Council members
The four-year term of the Memphis City Council is at an end. The Daily Memphian’s Council Scorecard has chronicled 158 critical decisions by the body over that term. Here are the most critical decisions ones.
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Christmas candles helped light darkened city during 2022 outages
Memphians who’ve lost power for a long stretch can tell you: It doesn’t matter if it was last December or decades ago, they remember it vividly.
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Council Scorecard: MLGW rate hike, stadium deal, council health benefits
The last City Council Scorecard of the year includes a pay raise for the new mayor, another ballot question for 2024 and several items for the new council to decide.
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MLGW wraps up smart meter fixes, but billing problems linger
Whitehaven resident Patricia Smith is one of about 10% of MLGW customers affected by billing issues over the past year due to faulty smart meters.
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Opinion: An argument against the MLGW rate hike
“The council chairman failed to take advantage of an opportunity to positively affect the lives of thousands of Memphians. Rather than receive help, they were served up hollow words.”
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Is Memphis ready to weather the winter?
“I cannot guarantee that nothing will happen,” Doug McGowen, president and CEO of Memphis Light, Gas and Water said. “But I can guarantee that we’re much better prepared than we were last winter.”
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MLGW has been ‘running to failure,’ CEO says
“It has been one heck of a year, and it’s culminated with this most recent decision by City Council,” MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen said of this week’s vote to approve a 12% electricity rate hike.
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MLGW rethinks moving HQ to Cordova
“I heard loud and clear from City Council and from other people that moving the headquarters from Downtown was not the right signal at this time,” MLGW’s president and CEO told The Daily Memphian.
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If you smell rotten eggs Thursday, don’t worry
MLGW is planning to do routine gas maintenance Dec. 7 near the Mississippi state line.
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MLGW rate hike passes final hurdle at City Council
“I believe, and my team believes, this is the necessary remedy for decades of disinvestment and failed decisions under previous presidents and previous councils,” said MLGW CEO Doug McGowen.
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City Council to vote on 12% MLGW rate hike
The Memphis City Council will also tackle moving state funding for the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium renovations and a resolution to give Mayor-elect Paul Young a raise.
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Opinion: Taxpayers should hold TVA — and MLGW — accountable
“It is suspicious that MLGW prefers to generate power — TVA’s job — rather than publicly admit TVA is hobbled. Whose interests are being protected?”
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November 2023
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For decades, MLGW rates didn’t keep up with inflation. Now it’s trying to make up for lost time
MLGW’s CEO said the utility has operated with a “run to fail” mindset, meaning it only fixes what’s broken, and there haven’t been regular investments in MLGW’s infrastructure for decades.
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MLGW makes case for investments after Council questions rate hike
MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen said underground power line improvements show the benefits of MLGW’s 2020 rate hike.
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